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Uraniumfish
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My favorite New Yorker

I'm a big fan of Bill Clinton, more so now than when he was president, for his ambitious work in Africa. But he wins my vote for cool New Yorker because he chose to set up his office in Harlem, a move that had instant positive effects for that neighborhood. He's first on my list for now, though I'm sure there are others who deserve the title.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I always did like Bill Clinton. I thought he did a wonderful job as president. When he left the country hade a big surplus. Someone asked if he was interested in running for president again, he stated no. He was tired of it. Two terms was enough for him.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I think they all have to say that. It would seem ungraceful to want more and more power, after the term limit runs out.
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Magg
Magg 2yrs+
My favorite NY-er? Guiliani..(not for his politics) just because he did a great job during 9-11.
What a mess that was.. he held up great under such immense pressure.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Just read this interview with Steve Buscemi, everyman extraordinaire, and found him fitting among favorite New Yorkers...
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-01-26/columns/kathy-griffin-addresses-anderson-cooper-s-sexuality/
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
Yeah, Steve seems to be in quite a number of things. He is often in the news for some reason.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
He produced the Sopranos. Brilliant show!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I wish my favorite New Yorkers weren't the Olsen twins, but alas....

I'm going to back everyone up on the Bill Clinton-praising, though. Have always been a fan.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
And why the Olsen twins exactly?
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
Because of my weakness for fashion-addicted tabloid treasures/wreckage. And I actually must give them props on their fashion lines. They're expensive but definitely show some talent/taste.
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Well, other than my mother and grandma (of course), my favorite NYC celebrity might be the late Mrs. Astor. She did so much for the city - philanthropist, patron of the arts - you name it!
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I really don't have a favorite NY celeb. Most celebrities I know and like were born elsewhere.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
My favorite New Yorker is Tina Brown of The New Yorker fame. Even though she was controversial in how she ran The New Yorker, at least she has guts and a clear sense of what she wants.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I believe you that the Olsen twins' fashion lines show real talent and taste, but how do you explain the weird bags they tend to wear as dresses all the time? They look like lost little girls, and everyone makes fun of them in the fashion pages...
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@DBlack What I hear don Tina Brown's reign at the New Yorker was how so many of the writers who had been writing for the magazine for years and years just quit. What was that about? Does she just have an awful personality?
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish A lot of designers are not fans of the Olsen girls' skinny vagrant look, yes, I know, but I happen to think they usually have good taste, and they are definitely the contemporary style icons that I immediately think of. I admit that I don't always think what an Olsen twin is wearing actually looks good, but for the most part they seem to know what they are doing.

I think it's easy to take shots at people who are being experimental with fashion - someone like Chole Sevigny makes a lot of best-dressed lists, but then you sometimes see her under headlines like "What was she thinking?" Lady Gaga is another one - I think if you take chances in fashion people are not always going to understand or agree, but that's what makes trendsetters so interesting.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Agreed, BroadwayBK, and the fashion page commentators are the cattiest species on this planet. I like Chloe Sevigny's style, and I think what Lady Gaga is doing as far as creating a public persona is really interesting.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
A lot of times I look at the fashion critics on red carpets on E! and think that they are the ones in need of consultation... It seems like a lot of those commentators are not only really catty but really mainstream when it comes to fashion, and also I think finding an easy target is the best way to create headlines that sell.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
I heard of Tina Brown. She seems to wear nice clothes. Some things are not in my taste for clothing, but still they look nice on her.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
hhusted, are you mistaking Tina Brown for one of the fashion icons we've been discussing? She's the former editor of the New Yorker, and how she dresses is perhaps not the point...
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish: I know what you are talking about. I know who she is and what she stands for. But what struck me more was how she was dressed.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@everyone my two cents worth isn't Tina Brown British? then again maybe she's lived in NYC long enough to qualify as a New Yorker..
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Yeah, but you work at the New Yorker, and I guess you get a free citizenship or something...
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@uraniumfish really????wow!
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Something like that. She has lunch with Harvey Weinstein every week. She plays with the big boys. If there were a Queen of New York title, she would be the Queen of New York. From among the pantheon of powerful NYC women, not even Martha Stewart could be said to be the queen of NYC.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
Tina Brown has been a US citizen since 2005. For real.

Here is a description of her early education from Wikipedia: "Brown was a rebellious adolescent. She was expelled from three boarding schools; in her words, she was expelled from one because she "organized protests because we weren't allowed to change our underpants," and from another "where I had described (the headmistress's) bosom as an unidentified flying object.""

You have to love the lady's spunk.
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DBlack
DBlack 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish A lot of people thought she accomplished the impossible at the New Yorker: shook up the Old Guard and drove out a lot of geezers who had become to clicque-ish. That was going to upset some people. Namely the geezers. So, yeah, her tenure was controversial.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@DBlack Tina Brown sounds like someone I would've been friends with in high school... or someone I was.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@hhusted Hunh?

@DBlack I think I like Tina Brown a lot more now for that quote.
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